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Living in Bergheim

In Bergheim, rents across existing tenancies average €6.89 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 6.5% (2022).

The unemployment rate was 6.46% in May 2022. Gigabit broadband availability was 94% in 2025. Car density was 616 vehicles per 1,000 residents in 2026. Bergheim had a population of 61,611 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2333 sources

Population61,611people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis
Median gross salary (region)4,450EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik
Average net rent6.89EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 19% aboveOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)
Unemployment rate6.46%country median 5.1% — 27% aboveOfficial source · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities
Recorded crime6,476incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise
PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Elsdorf-Berrendorf)

Pricier rent than 77% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 79% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 95% of German cities that publish it.

Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Bergheim?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

A city-level estimate placed average net cold rent at €11.08 per m² per month in June 2026.

How much does it cost to rent in Bergheim?

Average net cold rent is 6.89 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

  • Average net rent (nettokalt): 6.89 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)4
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Bergheim recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50
Internet, 60 Mbps€49
Net rent across major citiesBergheim highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Bergheim highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38
Hamburg€9.94
Stuttgart€9.72
Bergheim€6.89
Leipzig€6.27
Dortmund€6.00
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Augsburg€9.10
Mannheim€9.09
Berlin€7.71
Dresden€7.20
Bielefeld€6.72
Duisburg€6.66
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited48.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps12Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom MagentaMobil M21Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)6.89 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.8115 May 2022Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)4Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate11.08 EUR/m²/month4 Jun 2026miet-check Mietspiegel Bergheim33Commercial estimate · Supplemental context

Is Bergheim a good place to live?

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Remote worker56%strong on work, weak on safety · range 47–65%
Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on education · range 49–67%
Student57%strong on cost, weak on education · range 47–67%
Family50%strong on family, weak on education · range 40–60%
Retirement52%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 40–64%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 413 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.89 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: May 2022

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Bergheim?

The unemployment rate is about 6.5 % (May 2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 6.46 % · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities24
Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Bergheim is 6.5%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Gigabit broadband availability94.03 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official
Median gross salary (regional)4,450 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik1Official
Unemployment rate6.46 %country median 5.1%15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities24Official

What does a salary buy in Bergheim?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

regional median gross pay: €4,450 (Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€2,077of €2,841 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • Left over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
Each month€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.€2,841
Rent, 60 m²€11.08/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · miet-check Mietspiegel Bergheim · 2026-06-04). Official average for existing leases: €6.89/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).− €665
Internet€49 · official · MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps · 2026-09-30− €49
Mobile plan€50 · official · Telekom MagentaMobil M · 2026-09-30− €50
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish€2,077
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Bergheim Salary needed to live in Bergheim

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Bergheim. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Public employment service

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Bergheim. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents236 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2024Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)2Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Bergheim through valid health insurance.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents236 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesBergheim highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Bergheim highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Bremen15,424
Frankfurt14,600
Berlin13,900
Hanover13,192
Cologne12,343
Dortmund12,283
Dusseldorf12,172
Leipzig11,129
Essen9,619
Dresden8,853
Stuttgart8,552
Munich6,214
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents6,476 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise19Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport92 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat17Official
Nearest airportCGN13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv18Official
Distance to nearest airport36.5 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv18Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Bergheim. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

BAMF Integrationskurse — Integration course

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)

For eligible migrants.

GermanIn Person
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BAMF job-related German courses — Job-related language course

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)

For migrants needing job-related German.

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Bergheim.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Bergheim?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Elsdorf-Berrendorf)9

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in GermanyAnnual PM2.5 in Bergheim is 9.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean9 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Elsdorf-Berrendorf)7Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean15 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Elsdorf-Berrendorf)8Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean9 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Elsdorf-Berrendorf)9Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 13.27 · Feb 18.77 · Mar 20.86 · Apr 26.2 · May 31.44 · Jun 35.17 · Jul 40.21 · Aug 37.07 · Sep 33.37 · Oct 26.86 · Nov 19.98 · Dec 14.36 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center13Official
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -14.17 · Feb -17.11 · Mar -8.78 · Apr -5.28 · May -0.76 · Jun 4.44 · Jul 7 · Aug 6.04 · Sep 3.2 · Oct -4.64 · Nov -6.18 · Dec -13.07 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center13Official
Average temperature by monthJan 1.41 · Feb 2.14 · Mar 5.26 · Apr 9.56 · May 13.44 · Jun 17.14 · Jul 19.36 · Aug 18.91 · Sep 15.05 · Oct 10.51 · Nov 5.87 · Dec 2.36 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center13Official
Annual mean temperature9.8 °C31 Dec 2020DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)6Official · land

Population and city profile

The city covered 96.3 km² in 2024. Population density was 639.5 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in Bergheim?

The published population was 61,611 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis5

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Cars per 1,000 residents616 cars/1000 residents1 Jan 2026Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality11Official
City area96.34 km²31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis5Official
Foreign residents11,899 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities23Official
Population density639.5 people/km²31 Dec 2024Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.15Official
Population61,611 people31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis5Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
Catholic residents25,531 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit22Official
Catholic share41.5 %15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit22Official
No religion or other28,906 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit22Official
No religion or other, share47 %15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit22Official
Protestant residents7,010 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit22Official
Protestant share11.4 %15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit22Official

Alternatives for people set on Bergheim

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Euskirchen as a Bergheim alternative in the same region

34 km away, better on 5 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 504.7 Euskirchen vs 236.0 Bergheim+114%
  • Median gross pay, region: €4,000 Euskirchen vs €4,450 Bergheimno percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,490 Euskirchen vs 6,476 Bergheim−15%
  • Rent: €6.51/m² Euskirchen vs €6.89/m² Bergheim−6%
  • Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Euskirchen vs 9.0 µg/m³ Bergheim−11%
  • Unemployment: 6.8% Euskirchen vs 6.5% Bergheim+5%
  • Nearest airport: 33.8 km Euskirchen vs 36.5 km Bergheim−7%
Full comparisonMore about Euskirchen

Unna as a Bergheim alternative in the same country

97 km away, better on 5 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 617.4 Unna vs 236.0 Bergheim+162%
  • Unemployment: 4.6% Unna vs 6.5% Bergheim−29%
  • Rent: €5.99/m² Unna vs €6.89/m² Bergheim−13%
  • Nearest airport: 5.6 km Unna vs 36.5 km Bergheim−85%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,900 Unna vs €4,450 Bergheimno percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,915 Unna vs 6,476 Bergheim−9%
  • Residents: 58,333 Unna vs 61,611 Bergheim−5%
Full comparisonMore about Unna

Cities near Bergheim

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Cologne Commuting Zone · 22.2 km away
Salary
4,654 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2025-12-31
Bedburg 7.5 km away
Rent
6.51 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Rommerskirchen 9.6 km away
Rent
7.03 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Kerpen 9.9 km away
Rent
7.24 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Pulheim 12.2 km away
Rent
8.31 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Frechen 13.0 km away
Rent
7.83 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Grevenbroich 15.4 km away
Rent
6.73 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Alternative cities in Germany

Other cities in Germany to compare with Bergheim, nearest in population first.

All Germany cities
Sindelfingen61,422 residentsHürth62,160 residentsHerten60,941 residentsWesel60,785 residentsNeu-Ulm62,641 residentsFriedrichshafen62,796 residents

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School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 15, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Länder Sprachförderung (e.g. Sprachlernklassen BW/Berlin; vorklassen); Starting Opportunities Programme. How to enrol a child (kmk.org).

A country-wide rule for Germany; Bergheim's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Is Bergheim part of Leverkusen?

Bergheim is in the published commuting zone of Leverkusen; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Leverkusen city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source10

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Bergheim?

The published population was 61,611 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Bergheim?

Average net cold rent is 6.89 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 482 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Bergheim?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Elsdorf-Berrendorf).

What is the unemployment rate in Bergheim?

The unemployment rate is about 6.5 % (May 2022). Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Bergheim?

The median gross salary is 4,450 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

Is Bergheim a good place to live?

Bergheim may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is Bergheim part of Leverkusen?

Bergheim is in the published commuting zone of Leverkusen; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Bergheim?

Cologne, Bedburg, Rommerskirchen, Kerpen, Pulheim are near Bergheim. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

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